Don Zagier
Mathematician, Academic
1951 –
Who is Don Zagier?
Don Bernard Zagier is an American mathematician whose main area of work is number theory. He is currently one of the directors of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, Germany, and a professor at the Collège de France in Paris, France.
He was born in Heidelberg, West Germany. His mother was a psychiatrist, and his father was the dean of instruction at the American College of Switzerland. His father held five different citizenships, and he spent his youth living in many different countries. After finishing high school and attending Winchester College for a year, he studied for three years at M.I.T., completing his bachelor's and master's degrees and being named a Putnam Fellow in 1967 at the age of 16. He then wrote a doctoral dissertation on characteristic classes under Friedrich Hirzebruch at Bonn, receiving his PhD at 20. He received his Habilitation at the age of 23, and was named professor at the age of 24.
He collaborated with Hirzebruch in work on Hilbert modular surfaces.
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- Born
- Jun 29, 1951
Heidelberg - Nationality
- United States of America
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of Bonn
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on July 23, 2013
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